Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When a joker dies, the joke remains.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Pain, unless it is physical, was sold to you (by your culture).

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions of births.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Even the truth is just a mere thought.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana